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The editors of the Amateur Computerist are planning an issue for Spring
2002 in memory of Michael Hauben. We plan to include tributes and memorial
pieces about Michael and his work. We welcome contributions from people
who knew Michael or who know his work. In addition work on the theme of
netizens is invited.
Michael is perhaps best known for his popularization of netizens. In
1993 he wrote:
"Welcome to the 21st century. You are a Netizen, or a Net
Citizen, and you exist as a citizen of the world thanks to
the global connectivity that the Net makes possible. You
consider everyone as your compatriot. You physically live in
one country but you are in contact with much of the world
via the global computer network.
"The situation I describe is only a prediction of the future,
but a large part of the necessary infrastructure currently
exists...Every day more computers attach to the existing network
and every new computer adds to the user base -- at least twenty
five million people are interconnected today..."
"We are seeing a revitalization of society. The frameworks are
being redesigned from the bottom up. A new more democratic world
is becoming possible."
Michael's original webpage is still accessible at:
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/
Please send inquiries or submissions to:
wrohler@mediaone.net or jrh@ais.org
The deadline for submissions is January 7, 2002.
For the Amateur Computerist,
Jay Hauben
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